4 and 6, Welsh Street is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Pair of houses. 1 related planning application.

4 and 6, Welsh Street

WRENN ID
young-moat-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 January 1985
Type
Pair of houses
Address
4 and 6, Welsh Street, Bishop's Castle, SY9 5BT
OS grid reference
SO 322 890
Coordinates
52.49471, -2.99874
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 4 and 6 Welsh Street are a pair of houses, currently one is a house and the other is a disused shop. They date from the 17th century and have been refaced, with the eaves raised on the left and an extension added to the front on the right in the early to mid-19th century. The buildings are timber framed and faced with coursed limestone rubble and stucco that is lined to resemble ashlar. They have slate roofs, with two ranges on the right, the rear roof being steeper and higher.

The houses are two storeys tall and feature a plinth and deep eaves. There is a brick stack on the ridge to the rear on the right, an integral brick end stack on the left, and another brick stack behind the ridge, off-centre to the left. The framing consists of square panels that are concealed. The front has three windows, which are glazing bar sashes with flush frames. There is a four-panelled door, with the top panels glazed, situated between the first and second windows from the left, and to the right is an early to mid-19th century shop front that includes a six-part shop window extending around the corner, with a half-glazed door to the left that has two flush lower panels, a pilastered surround, and a bracketed hood.

Inside, the dividing wall between Nos. 4 and 6 reveals an exposed square-panelled timber frame. The two houses are designed to appear as a pair and are partially interlocked on the right with the construction of No. 2 Welsh Street.

Local climate

4 and 6, Welsh Street receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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